Friday, September 24, 1999

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KQMQ
Play Madden 2000 against Snoop Dog,



Hip hop artists
challenge game geeks

Snoop Dogg and Warren G will take a break from their busy weekend of concerts tomorrow to enter a Sony Playstation tournament.

Anyone wishing to challenge the artists to a game of Madden 2000 must be at All-Star Cafe in Waikiki by 3 p.m. There is a $20 entry fee, $30 for late arrivals. Contestants will challenge each other for a chance to play against Snoop Dogg and Warren G. Qualifying rounds end at 4:30 p.m. with the finals at 5:15 p.m.

The two grand prizes are a Sega Dreamcast or Sony Playstation. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Hawaii Make a Wish Foundation.

Snoop and Warren G are in Hawaii along with Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nate Dogg, Xzibit, The Beatnuts, The WhoRidas, Tash, Kurupt, D.O.C. and MC Lyte for a series of hip hop concerts.

The "Break Up to Make Ups" tour included appearances at private luau tonight, at World Cafe tomorrow (9 a.m. to midnight; information about specific artist appearances was unavailable), and at Hilton Hawaiian Village Sunday.

Ticket information is available only by listening to sponsor Jammin' 93.1 KQMQ.


Lauryn Hill show cancelled

The much anticipated Lauryn Hill concert at the Blaisdell Arena next month has been canceled "due to circumstances beyond her control," according to concert promoter Tom Moffatt. No other details were given.

Refunds for ticket holders will be available beginning at 10 a.m., Wednesday at the Blaisdell box office. For more information call 591-2211.

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Family stories sought

The Hawaiian Chinese Multicultural Museum and Archives is looking for those of Hawaiian-Chinese ancestry willing to share family stories, personal histories and other material relating to the Hawaiian-Chinese experience.

The HCMMA was formed to research, present and preserve the history of Chinese Hawaiians in the islands.

The museum also seeks volunteers. Call 531-7887 for details.

Add your photo to 'quilt'

The Eastman Kodak Co. is inviting people around the world to share their favorite pictures and stories at its PhotoQuilt of the Millennium web site www.kodak.com/go/photoquilt.

Visitors may submit digital images and stories in an evolving portrait meant to reflect the past.

Picture stories submitted by Nov. 15 will be considered for display during the historic countdown to the new millennium on the web site, as well as the Kodarama display above Times Square in New York, the Millennium Dome in England and other countdown celebration.

On line, the PhotoQuilt will remain live and continue accepting picture stories through Jan. 1, 2001, when it will be preserved as a time capsule. More information is available at www.kodak.com.

Broadway Night in Laie

If you can't afford tickets to "Miss Saigon," Brigham Young University-Hawaii has the next best thing.

Rocky Brown will be the featured performer at the school's Broadway Night, taking place 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Cannon Activities Center.

Brown performed in the original Broadway cast of the musical, staying with the show for a year. In 1994, she produced "Two Women from Saigon" at Diamond Head Theatre with Kam Cheng, another "Miss Saigon" performer.

Also performing during Broadway Night will be Larry Paxton, who has performed in several Hawaii Opera Theatre and DHT productions; Gail Blache-Gill, who has performed in several musicals and operas from Japan to New York; Janel Parrish, who played Cosette in "Les Miserables"; and former Miss Hawaii Melissa Short, currently in the title role of DHT's "Cinderella"; and several others.

Tickets are $15 general, $9 for faculty and staff, $4 for non-BYU students, and free for BYU students. Call the Aloha Center at 293-3545 for more information.



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